Organizational Leadership Course
Online
DURATION
7 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 1,850
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
Elevate Your Leadership Skills to Take Your Organization to the Next Level
Organizational Leadership equips experienced team leaders and aspiring executives with the skills, strategies, and tools to rise to expanded leadership responsibilities and guide their organizations effectively. Learn how to set and communicate direction, influence through other managers, generate organizational alignment, drive innovation, and engineer change.
The HBS Online Advantage
- World-class faculty
- Edge-of-your-seat online learning
- Global peer collaboration and networking
- Real-world, case-based learning
Harvard Business School Online offers a unique and highly engaging way to learn vital business concepts. Immerse yourself in real challenges faced by a diverse group of business leaders whose experience spans various industries, organizational sizes, geographies, and professional backgrounds. You’ll step into the shoes of experts from General Mills, Medtronic, Bank Leumi, Levi Strauss & Co., EasyJet, and other organizations, and wrestle with the issues they faced, all while engaging with fellow learners from around the world.
Ideal Students
Who Will Benefit
- Experienced Team Leaders: Prepare for the next phase of your leadership journey, whether you’re expanding your overall scope of responsibilities or taking over a larger department or organization.
- Entrepreneurs: Learn to lead at scale and mobilize your employees as you transition your business from a startup into a growth-stage company.
- Laptop: Leadership Principles Past Participants
If you’ve completed Leadership Principles, this course will help you expand your leadership toolkit and prepare you to run a division, department, or organization.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
This course is not eligible for scholarships and financial aid, but past participants do receive a 30% discount. For more information, please visit our Payment & Financial Aid page.
Curriculum
Program Structure
Organizational Leadership consists of approximately 40 to 45 hours of material delivered over seven weeks. You can complete the coursework on your own time while meeting regular deadlines.
At the beginning of the course, you’ll be asked to complete a self-assessment and solicit feedback from colleagues, such as direct reports, clients, or managers, for the Learning Path Tool (LPT) assessment. The LPT is a 360-degree assessment developed at Harvard Business School to provide leaders with insights into key areas of competence essential for effective leadership. Upon successful completion of the LPT—which requires obtaining ratings from at least two colleagues (and ideally at least six)—you will receive a detailed report that provides insight into your leadership and how others experience you.
Midway through the course, you’ll participate in a project week. You’ll be asked to collaborate with colleagues or individuals in your network on a challenge or opportunity facing your organization. You’ll then connect with a peer in Organizational Leadership to share what you’ve learned and receive feedback.
The course also features a video upload exercise in which you’ll practice communication techniques taught in the course and provide feedback to fellow learners. You can record yourself on a phone, computer, or other video recording device and will be asked to upload the video to the course.
Syllabus
Organizational Leadership explores the roles leaders must embrace to run a division, department, or organization: as a beacon who sets direction; an architect who aligns talent, systems, and structure, and culture; and a catalyst who drives innovation and change. Through self-assessment, peer feedback, and projects applied to your own work, you'll gain a clearer understanding of your leadership style and how to prepare for the next phase of your leadership journey.
Program Outcome
What You’ll Learn
- Identify any misalignments between the dynamics of your organization and external market conditions
- Communicate purpose and vision, and inspire your organization to execute on that vision
- Extend the reach of your influence by leading through other managers
- Elevate your leadership style to meet the distinct challenges of leading larger, more dispersed teams
- Shape your organizational culture and architecture to maximize talent, leverage diversity, and drive performance
- Develop strategies for planning and engineering organizational change and innovation initiatives
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English Language Requirements
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